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Soccer yobs kicked victim
Four football fans launched a vicious attack on a man after an Oxford United match, a court heard. The men repeatedly kicked and punched a man on the ground in Cuckoo Lane, Headington, Oxford, after a local derby match between Swindon Town and Oxford
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Council ad only wants non-whites
Mum Carole Newbigging has branded a council job advertisement "racism in reverse" after it ruled out white applicants. Her 16-year-old son, Jamie, was keen to apply for the job as an apprentice carpenter and joiner with Oxford City Council. But when he
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Soldier killed in Bosnia 'due to marry'
SAS soldier Robert Lyon, killed in a Land Rover accident in Bosnia, was engaged to be married later this year, it emerged today. Sgt Lyon, 30, who was from the Didcot area, was part of an elite team running seek-and-destroy missions against Serb death
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Nurses' anger at Millennium cash snub
Hospital staff working over the Millennium holiday period will not be paid any extra cash. Nurses at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital are furious at the decision - particularly as colleagues in other hospital trusts will get four times their salary over
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Funeral tributes to D-Day veteran
FAMILY and former comrades paid their final respects at the funeral service for Major John Howard, the D-Day hero who led the crucial assault on Pegasus Bridge. About 200 veterans, friends and serving soldiers joined the family for yesterday's hour-long
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Fax gets diplomat off hook
A diplomat criticised for his part in the Arms to Africa affair has been saved from blame - by a bulky fax machine. Peter Penfold, 54, from Abingdon, had been accused of keeping the Government in the dark after a military coup in Sierra Leone in 1997.
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Science firm set to expand
DRUG discovery company Oxford GlycoSciences is to expand into a new building at Milton Park, near Abingdon. It is also selling its biochemical business for £1.3m to US company Glyko, to focus on its core priorities - analysis of proteins and drug discovery
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Vigilante found guilty on affray charge
Neighbourhood Watch founder Marcel Thorbourne has been cleared of threatening to shoot a teenager in the head, but convicted of causing an affray. Thorbourne, 38, of The Links, Gillians Way, Oxford, was acquitted of possessing a firearm with intent to
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Carer stole dead widow's benefit
A self-employed nurse cashed in two Giro cheques worth more £400 belonging to a disabled widow in her care, on the day her patient died. Sunny Collins, 28, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Witney Magistrates' Court yesterday to obtaining £428.54
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Lion brewery sale ends centuries of tradition
Morrells put its historic city centre brewery on the market today, signalling an end to centuries of tradition. The former Lion Brewery in St Thomas' Street, with its famous Victorian gates, is one of the city's most enduring landmarks. It is expected
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Arson murder convictions to stand
The family of two children murdered in an arson attack on their home spoke of their relief after three men lost appeals against their convictions. Anum Khan, nine, died in the fire at her home in Magdalen Road, Oxford, on August 26, 1997. Her brother
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School matron quits after affair with pupil
A MATRON at a top boys' public school has resigned after an affair with a teenage A-level student. The headmaster of Abingdon School, Michael St John Parker, stepped in when he discovered the relationship earlier this term. The resident matron quit and
